"Jincheng is too guarded by Ma Teng, and Chang'an is very close to Liangzhou, once the righteous teacher is dispersed, Dong Zhuo's first revenge must be Ma Teng. Therefore, Ma Tengding will not let the righteous master disband, and stay to support the lord. And Changsha is too guarded, Sun Jian is brave, if there is no accident, he will also stay. Also, Pingyang is too guarded by publicity, and Beihai is too guarded by Kongrong, both of whom are loyal and righteous people, as long as the lord spends some tongues, he should be able to keep them. As for the Hedong Wen champion, he has already made his choice.

And the main ones that the lord is fighting for are Tao Qian, Liu Dai, and Kong Ling. After all, the alliance was formed by the three of them as witnesses, and if the righteous teacher broke up unhappily, they couldn't hold their faces. And in these three days, the lord seized the time to understand the righteousness and reasonableness with them, and tried to keep these three people. The combined strength of these three people is 40,000, as long as they are still in this righteous division for a day, then the righteous division will not disperse!

As for the other princes, I am afraid that three days later, Yuan Benchu proposed to leave the righteous teacher, and they will all follow suit. After all, these princes are more concerned about their own interests than righteousness. It's human nature, and it's hard to change. ”

"In this way, in the end, only the princes of the Nine Roads will be left in this righteous master. Hmph, is it human? ”

After Cao Cao opened his eyes again, the troubles that had been in his eyes were swept away, and they were covered with sharp light again.

"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. They want to leave, Cao can't force it, so it's okay, these restless people have left the righteous teacher, but it's not a bad thing. After they left, the remaining princes of the Nine Roads were all loyal and heroic, with the same heart, and they all had the determination to destroy Dong Gou. When Cao commands, it will also be imperative, which will condense into a sharper edge. ”

"The lord is open-minded, so he can see farther and clearer. That's why it's all good for these people to leave! ”

Xun Yu laughed unconsciously, Cao Cao's atmosphere and open-mindedness made him really admire, and he secretly said that it was a wise move to choose to assist Cao Cao at the beginning, and it could be said that it was the most correct choice he made in his life.

For the next three days, Cao Cao selectively wandered among the princes, and Sun Jian, Ma Teng, Zhang Yang, Kong Rong and others successively promised and affirmed that they would continue to stay in the righteous master until Dong Gou was destroyed. After that, Cao Cao took Sun Jian, Ma Teng, Zhang Yang, and Kong Rong to lobby Tao Qian, Liu Dai, and Kong Ling.

Although Tao, Liu, and Kong all had the intention of leaving, they were afraid of losing their anger and righteousness, and they had been hesitant. After the persuasion of Cao Cao and others, Tao, Liu, and Kong finally decided to stay in the righteous teacher.

Three days later, in the meeting hall of the old Prime Minister's Mansion.

Cao Cao, the leader of the Righteous Division, sat on the main seat, and except for Yuan Shao, the deputy leader of the alliance, the other princes on the left and right seats had already arrived. In this regard, the princes looked at each other and communicated with each other. Yuan Shao deliberately arrived late, isn't this clearly beating the face of Cao Cao, the leader of the general alliance?

And Tao Qian, Liu Dai, and Kong Ling, after looking at each other, all sighed.

"Could it be that as Cao Mengde said, this Yuan Benchu really disregarded the righteousness!?"

Tao Qian frowned, and said silently in his heart.

Cao Cao sneered in his heart, but on the surface, he looked calm and relaxed, silent, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

After about a stick of incense, Yuan Shao's figure finally appeared slowly, and Yuan Shao walked into the conference hall with Wen Chouyan and Yan Liang, two peerless tiger generals.

Yuan Shao calmed his face and looked around, and when he saw Cao Cao sitting on the main seat, his face changed suddenly. It was supposed to be his place, but now someone else took it!

"Haha, Deputy Alliance Leader. The matter of punishing Dong is a matter of the world's society. You are too late to come to such a big event, but you are sick? ”

Yuan Shaogang wanted to open his mouth, but was interrupted by Cao Cao's speech first. Yuan Shao listened, his face suddenly became ugly, and he secretly said that this Cao Mengde knew that he intended to leave?

Yuan Shao couldn't help but clench his fists, even so, he didn't have to beat around the bush.

"Shao is really ashamed, and the repeated battles with Dong Gou's army, Shao has exhausted his energy. A few days ago, he was helplessly infected with the wind cold, which caused Shao's old stubborn illness, and now he is afraid that it will be difficult to go to the soup for the righteous teacher.

Shao came over today to resign from the leader of the alliance. When Shao cures his stubborn disease, he will immediately send troops to Chang'an and continue to punish Dong with the army of righteous teachers! ”

As soon as Yuan Shao's words came out, it immediately caused chaos in the hall, and many princes who had already intended to leave were even more determined to leave at this time.

Runan guarded Yuan Shu too much, his eyes slipped, he stood up from his seat, and saluted Cao Zhi.

"The leader of the general alliance, forgiveness is helpless, and an urgent report has recently come from Runan, saying that the Gepi Yellow Turban thieves entrenched in Nanyang have invaded the territory of Runan for several days. Runan was in danger, and Shu had to lead his own soldiers and horses back to rescue. ”

Yuan Shu seemed to be afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and after Yuan Shao, he also proposed to leave. After Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the seven princes of Jizhou, Han Fu, Shanyang, Bao Xin, Jibei, Wang Kuang, Guangling, Zhang Chao, Qiao Mao, and Sun Zhan, Beiping, also expressed their requests to leave with various reasons and rhetoric.

Cao Cao remained silent, coldly watching these princes write and direct their own plays until no one asked to leave.

"Now that Dong thieves are going west, they can take advantage of the situation to pursue, break through Chang'an, and save the saint. But at this time, if you want to leave, is it possible that you want to abandon your loyalty and don't care? ”

Tao Qian stood up straight, squinted his eyes, exuding a sense of righteousness all over his body, and asked Yuan Shaoyi and the others sonorously and forcefully.

Tao Gong's words are wrong. We are all Hanchen, how can we abandon our loyalty and righteousness. It's just that I really have the strength to spare and the strength is insufficient, as long as we wait for us to recuperate for a while and relieve our respective worries, we will definitely continue to fight for the Han family! ”

Yuan Shao seemed to have been prepared, and immediately had a rhetoric to defend himself, and the other princes who wanted to leave also echoed him.

"The deputy alliance leader has a reason to say this. Wu Yuan Highway was entrusted by the emperor to govern one side, how could he watch the spread of thieves and ignore it? ”

Yuan Shu had a cold face and a natural attitude.

"Hmph, everything should be prioritized. The saint is now held hostage by Dong Gou, Dong Gou is wolf and cruel, and he may kill the saint at any time. The world of the Han family is in danger, but Ruyuan Highway only cares about a small place, which is clearly selfish! ”

Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai stood up and pointed at Yuan Shu and opened his mouth to scold. Yuan Shu's face suddenly became gloomy, and he snorted coldly, but he couldn't bear to refute.

"Hmph, high-sounding hypocrite. Say I'm selfish? Who here is not selfish!? ”

Yuan Shu snorted coldly in his heart, took a step back, and shut up.

"Liu Yanzhou, don't be angry, please listen to me. We received the edict of Dong Jiao from the leader of the general alliance before, and without hesitation, the whole army came, and this way to fight against the Dong dog thief army, who did not suffer heavy losses? Thousands of sons and daughters of Wubeiping died, and the rest were all tired and unable to fight again. I believe that under the command of the princes, there is also the same situation as my Beiping Erlang. We are not abandoning our loyalty, but we just hope to recuperate for a while, and when the soldiers recuperate, we can reorganize our troops and fight again. ”

Gongsun Zhan was calm, ignoring the accusations of Tao Qian and others, and explained calmly.

"Enough. Don't take it for granted! Although the soldiers and horses of the righteous division are tired, but the Dong dog thief army was forced to leave Chang'an by the righteous division, and their situation will only be worse! If you insist on leaving this time, even if you have thousands of reasons, you can't hide your selfishness! ”

Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling jumped like thunder, blowing his beard and glaring at Yuan Shao and the others and scolding. And Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, and the princes of the Nine Roads who wanted to leave all had cold faces, as if they were determined to leave the righteous master.

Suddenly, the conference hall fell into a dead silence, strange and full of fire. At this moment, Cao Cao, as the leader of the general alliance, finally spoke.

"Dong thieves plagued the common people, robbed the Son of Heaven, and the sea was shaken, and this is the time when the heavens are dead. As long as all the princes work together to attack Chang'an, the world will be decided in a battle. Why don't you enter? ”

I have been righteous and righteous to eliminate thieves for the country. The princes came here with righteousness, and Cao admired it in his heart. And here, the champion of Hedong Wen, risked nine deaths and a lifetime to win Tongguan, and as soon as our righteous teachers pass through Tongguan, they can go straight to Huanglong and destroy Dong thief. Unexpectedly, at this time, you wanted to leave, although Cao was sad, but he did not dare to hinder him.

I also asked the princes to leave some grain and grass as funding, so that the righteous master could continue to fight for the righteousness and successfully kill Dong Gou. so that the oath we made when we first established the alliance will not be lost. ”

As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, many of these princes who wanted to leave couldn't help but think of the scene of burning incense and swearing when the alliance was established.

"There is a fight for justice, at the cost of life and death! There is this alliance with Chongqing, and the ghosts and gods are angry! ”

This oath still seemed to echo in their ears.

"Oh, that's it. In this way, Wudong County will give a little effort to the righteous teacher, leaving a thousand stones of grain and grass to help the righteous teacher. ”

"I am also willing to give out a thousand stones of grain and grass."

"Shanyang (Rongyang) is willing to give out 500 stone grain and grass!!"

"Guangling...."

Cao Cao's words seem to have awakened the conscience of many people, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Rongyang Taishou Wang Kuang, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zan and others have said the amount of grain and grass they are willing to fund.

In the end, everyone's eyes focused on the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

"Cao Mengde, the sinister villain, wants to make a big profit in the end! Moreover, I had to cut the meat! ”

Yuan Shao almost gritted his teeth and stared at Cao Cao, and finally reluctantly left a thousand stones of grain and grass, as for Yuan Shu, he was the most direct, saying that he was in danger in Runan, and it was the time to use grain and grass, but he also wanted to borrow some grain and grass from the righteous master.

For Yuan Shu's shamelessness, Cao Cao was generous and sent five hundred stones of grain and grass to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was triumphant, ignoring the disdainful gazes around him.

left grain and grass, which made these princes who wanted to leave feel a lot less guilty, and then they didn't talk nonsense with Cao Cao anymore, and left one after another. Cao Cao ordered Tao Qian, who was in charge of the grain and grass, to leave with them and collect the grain and grass they had promised to fund. Tao Qian saw that these people still had a little conscience in the end, and his face was much better, so he left with them.

All the people who should go are gone, and the original mighty army of the Eighteenth Road Volunteer Division, at this time, there are only a few people left, which inevitably looks a little cool.

Cao Cao took a breath and calmed down, he had expected today's events, and he had already made the most appropriate way to deal with it. He understood that although these people were selfish, they were more or less concerned about their faces, so Cao Cao took advantage of this and let these people leave a lot of grain and grass in the end.

Grain and grass are the lifeblood of the army, and the war that lasted for several months, and the grain and grass of the righteous master were nearly half used, and Cao Cao was also very worried about this. Now that the princes of the Nine Roads have been walked, the number of righteous teachers has been halved, and these princes have left a lot of grain and grass, which can be said to solve the problem of short-term grain and grass.

"All the princes are righteous, Cao is here to thank the princes for the common people in the world!"

Cao Cao stood up and bowed deeply, and the remaining princes hurriedly returned the salute, saying that this was their part.

"Alright. Although many people have left, the matter of punishing Dong cannot be delayed. Next, we need to continue to fight for the great good. Dong thief has now moved to Chang'an, Chang'an is very close to Liangzhou, once he transfers a large army from Liangzhou, then it will be even more difficult for our righteous teacher and Dong thief's thief. In this regard, I wonder what countermeasures do you have? ”

Cao Cao said as he turned his eyes to Jincheng Taishou Ma Teng, Ma Teng seemed to notice Cao Cao's eyes, and looked at Cao Cao, Cao Cao smiled at Ma Teng.

Ma Teng's face was stunned, and after pondering for a while, he seemed to vaguely guess what Cao Cao meant, but he was not sure.

"Commander, what do you command? My horse is sure to do it! ”